Cobbler s tool



' COBBLERS TOOL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 121 I918.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

HENRY ZIM, 015 OSAWA'IOIVIIE, KANSAS.

COBBLER S TOOL.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

Application filed June 12, 1918. Serial No. 239,580.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ZIM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Osawatomie, in the county of Miami and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Cobblers Tool, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a cobblers tool intended for use in removing heels from boots and shoes.

A main object of the invention is the pro vision of a tool which may be adjusted to different sizes of heels.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means for gripping a heel.

The invention also contemplates generally improving the construction and enhancing the utility of a heel pulling tool.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made Within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a tool constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device taken from the opposite side;

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation taken at right angles to Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4: is an end view of the device.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference In carrying out the invention there are provided two pivotally connected sections 1 and 2, each having a handle portion. The section 1 merges into an offset head having a longitudinally extending arm 3 which topics of this patent may be obtained for terminates in an inturned curved gripping edge 4, and which may have an outturned edge provided with a notch 5 for the purpose of forming a tack puller, if desired.

It will be noted that the lower or gripping portion of the sections 1 and 2 are broadened and flat, in order that when the handles contact they will provide a smooth, fortable grip for the hand.

The section 2 likewise has an ofliset head formed with a longitudinally extending arm 6 which terminates in an inturned gripping edge 7, which edge is opposed to and cooperates with the edge 4 in gripping the heel of a boot or shoe to pull or remove the heel.

The section 1 is apertured to receive a bolt or like element 8 by which the sections are pivotally connected, and the section 2 is provided with the spaced apertures 9, only one of which is in view, to permit the sec tions to be adjusted to accommodate heels of different sizes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters Patent, is

In a cobblers tool, handle sections having substantially broad pivot sections, the upper edges of said pivot sections being straight and extending at right angles with relation to the handles, a substantially long arm forming a continuation of each pivot section, the extreme end of one of said arms extending inwardly and at right angles to the handles to provide a cutting edge, the extreme end of the opposite arm extending inwardly toward said cutting edge and said last mentioned edge being curved to correspond to the curve of the periphery of a heel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY ZIM. Witnesses:

AUGUST LOFR,

GEO. H. THOMAS.

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